Chicago panchang, 16 November 2026
Sunrise 06:42 Sunset 16:27 Moonrise 12:27 Kartika month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:42 to 16:27- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:55 – 09:09
- Yamaganda 10:22 – 11:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta 11:54 – 12:33
- Gulika Kalam 12:48 – 14:01
- Durmuhurta 13:51 – 14:30
- 14:47 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
16:27 to 06:44 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:27 – 19:18
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 16:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 16:50 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:24 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 04:00 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 05:47 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 16:50
- Nakshatra Shravana until 14:47 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vriddhi until 20:24
- Karana Vanija until 16:50, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 14:47 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 16:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 16:50 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:24 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 04:00 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 05:47 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:55 – 09:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:22 – 11:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:54 – 12:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:48 – 14:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:51 – 14:30
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 04:00 – 05:47 next day
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:48 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:15 – 11:54
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:27 – 19:18
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:42 – 14:47
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:42 – 14:47
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:42 – 07:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:55 – 09:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:09 – 10:22 | Good |
| Rog | 10:22 – 11:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:35 – 12:48 | Bad |
| Char | 12:48 – 14:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:01 – 15:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:14 – 16:27 | Good |
| Char | 16:27 – 18:14 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:14 – 20:01 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:01 – 21:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:48 – 23:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:35 – 01:22 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:22 – 03:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:09 – 04:56 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:56 – 06:44 next day | Neutral |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:42 NowMoon
- 07:31 NowSaturn
- 08:20 NowJupiter
- 09:09 NowMars
- 09:57 NowSun
- 10:46 NowVenus
- 11:35 NowMercury
- 12:23 NowMoon
- 13:12 NowSaturn
- 14:01 NowJupiter
- 14:50 NowMars
- 15:38 NowSun
- 16:27 NowVenus
- 17:38 NowMercury
- 18:50 NowMoon
- 20:01 NowSaturn
- 21:13 NowJupiter
- 22:24 NowMars
- 23:35 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:47 NowVenus
- 01:58 NowMercury
- 03:09 NowMoon
- 04:21 NowSaturn
- 05:32 NowJupiter
- 06:42 NowMoon
- 07:42 NowSaturn
- 08:42 NowJupiter
- 09:42 NowMars
- 10:42 NowSun
- 11:42 NowVenus
- 12:42 NowMercury
- 13:42 NowMoon
- 14:42 NowSaturn
- 15:42 NowJupiter
- 16:42 NowMars
- 17:42 NowSun
- 18:42 NowVenus
- 19:42 NowMercury
- 20:42 NowMoon
- 21:42 NowSaturn
- 22:42 NowJupiter
- 23:42 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSun
- 01:42 NowVenus
- 02:42 NowMercury
- 03:42 NowMoon
- 04:42 NowSaturn
- 05:42 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 06:46 Libra
- 06:46 – 09:13 Scorpio
- 09:13 – 11:13 Sagittarius
- 11:13 – 12:42 Capricorn
- 12:42 – 13:54 Aquarius
- 13:54 – 15:02 Pisces
- 15:02 – 16:22 Aries
- 16:22 – 18:10 Taurus
- 18:10 – 20:28 Gemini
- 20:28 – 23:02 Cancer
- 23:02 – 01:35 next day Leo
- 01:35 – 04:08 next day Virgo
- 04:08 – 06:42 next day Libra
- 06:42 – 06:44 next day Scorpio
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in CST (UTC-6) · Method